Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Raoulia australis Hook.f. ex Raoul trib. Gnaphalieae |
Synonyms | Raoulia lutescens (Kirk) Beauverd |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | lowland-montane |
Description | rooting, leaves imbricate, to 2mm long, spathulate, often apiculate, in upper part densely appresed tomentose, capitula 4-5mm, tips of involucral bracts bright yellow |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pale yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | carpet |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Australasia
New Zealand (New Zealand South) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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